“Curating large oral history archives with artificial intelligence” an open lecture by Chris Pandza on 20th January 2025
On 20th Janury 14:25 (CET) Chris Pandza will give an open lecture on Curating large oral history archives with artificial intelligence as a part of the Voices Unbound: Lecture Series on Digital Oral History.
2025/01/17
The abstract of the talk is as follows: Artificial intelligence (AI) presents new opportunities for assisted oral history curation—but also new pitfalls. What could the role(s) of AI be in the process of curation? Does AI necessarily reinforce its own biases on a collection, or can it help curators measure and mitigate their own biases? How does AI interact with the ethical and epistemological frameworks that shape oral history? Using real-world examples from the Ellis Island Oral History (National Park Service), Obama Presidency Oral History (Incite at Columbia University), and The Elders Project (Incite), I will demonstrate a number of innovative AI techniques that practitioners can use to prepare oral history collections for public use. In addition, I will demonstrate how AI can be used to make a project’s curation process more rigorous and inclusive.
Chris Pandza is a New York-based oral historian and designer. Through his work, Chris has developed a number of novel techniques to analyze and curate oral histories using artificial intelligence.
Chris currently leads design for Incite at Columbia University and the Columbia Center for Oral History, where he is curating digital experiences for the Obama Presidency Oral History, the Elder Project, and the Movements Against Mass Incarceration Lab with the help of novel AI techniques.
Prior to his work at Incite, Pandza worked for several years in the tech, media, and telecom industries.
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